Crappy Boston accents

[KML0224]

You could have lived where I did from 1985 to 1987: OLD ORE-chidd (Old Orchard Beach). A kid in my high school class noticed how I spoke and said "Oh, YER from Con-NAT-ih-kit...the AHM pit of New England." Too bad Maine's economy was in the toilet or heading that way at the time compared to us, who had the highest per capita income in the country. If you really want an annoying Maine accent, go to this Jolly John spot on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I68DJymVWg The guy is an advertising legend in the state of Maine. Funny how I couldn't stand him when I lived there, but now I smile when his ad comes on the radio when I'm making a visit to there (I live in Connecticut).

 

[WLYNWAZNgm]

I lived briefly in Atlanta, GA back in the early 1980's.
When my brother told me that I was starting to sound like one of them, I knew
it was definitely time to come home to Boston!

 

[SonicOverload]

I grew up as a suburban Boston kid - so my accent was never really heavy.
In anything that goes on the air, I pay extra attention to keeping my accent neutral.
Put me in an unguarded situation, with a few drinks in me, it starts to reappear... ;D

I've tried to reign in my Mass Accent a bit, especially when doing the radio show but I always ostensibly say "Sonic Ovah-load"

 

[70sdj]

WLYNgm......Glad you took advantage of the late great Lewis Grizzard's advice, that,

"Delta flies both ways!"

 

[WLYNWAZNgm]

Lewis Grizzard - Atlanta local newspaper columnist. There's a name I haven't heard for many years.
I know he passed away some years ago. In my book Lewis, good ribs, and the Atlanta airport
were the only good things I have to say about Atlanta!

My first trip home on Delta - half the stewardesses are from Atlanta, half from Boston. When I
heard one say that she was going to Kelly's on Reveeah Beach - I was in hog heaven! Finally,
somebody I can understand!

 

[dotchestannie]

I personally think it's a bad thing if you can't tell where you are when you turn the radio on. When I travel, I try to tune in and listen to get a feel for the area and there's something really depressing about listening to syndicated national radio as you're driving by mile after mile of big-box stores and strip malls that all look the same.

For one, I don't mind the roughness of local speech and I don't think it correlates necessarily with bad grammar. I can talk for minutes at a time without a "So didn't I" creeping in. And, I consider it a boon to speak naturally in an accent that the best talent in Hollywood has trouble mimicking.

So there...

;D

 

[DrPicky]

To me, the only Boston accents that are crappy are the ones by obviously out-of-town voice talents attempting to sound like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The current Bank of Boston one in particular.

 

[raccoonradio]

Is that the one with the two guys making a check list on what to bring to the game, including checks,
check card...let's go Sox! Let's go Sox! Well, that ad is simply a localized version of an ad run elsewhere
for B of A ("if you're a true Red Sox fan, you need to get a Red Sox debit card')
While in Hartford on Labor Day weekend, I walked around and for a moment tuned to Yanks game on
WPOP 1410 (once home to Dale Denver, aka Mike Adams!) to see if
they were (hopefully) losing. I heard the same ad...

"That's everything...! Let's go YAN-kees! Let's go YAN-kees!"
Not surprising.. much like the ads Dick Orkin's Radio Ranch did for "Help Wanted Boston.com" They did
the same ones for "Help Wanted North Country.com"..."Help Wanted (place).com" etc